The number of people accessing benefits on social assistance in Ontario is not of minor importance, with almost a million (964,182) beneficiaries province-wide in 2016. An important factor in explaining the recent upturn in the number of beneficiaries relates to a growth in the number of persons on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). Over the 2003-2016 period, growth in participation in this program was 4.5 times the province’s rate of population growth and about 4.7 times the observed growth in the number of persons on Ontario Works (OW). As a result, for the first time in the province’s history, in late 2014, the number of persons on ODSP actually grew to outnumber the total on OW. The primary purpose of this paper is to provid...
Policies are shaped by social values and assumptions, and can significantly impact the delivery of h...
There are many different indicators to measure the health of an economy. One of those measures is th...
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2020. There is a lack of empirical data on the experiences of pe...
The number of people accessing benefits on social assistance in Ontario is not of minor importance, ...
This paper presents a brief summary on Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefit (CPPD), the single lar...
Women who live with an illness or impairment are an extremely marginalized and impoverished group of...
In early 2011, the Government of Ontario struck the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance t...
An analysis of social assistance programs for non-institutionalized disabled adults between 1984 and...
Persons living with episodic disabilities who apply for long-term income assistance in Ontario, Cana...
An analysis of social assistance programs for non-institutionalized disabled adults found inconsiste...
ABSTRACT Despite much effort put toward Canadian social policy renewal in the past decade, innovat...
Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario all maintain separate income-support programs for the disabled...
This paper is based on data received from the British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Incorrle A...
This paper will provide an overview of how requirements and unmet needs for disability-related aids,...
For many years, people with disabilities have been about two-thirds as likely as people without disa...
Policies are shaped by social values and assumptions, and can significantly impact the delivery of h...
There are many different indicators to measure the health of an economy. One of those measures is th...
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2020. There is a lack of empirical data on the experiences of pe...
The number of people accessing benefits on social assistance in Ontario is not of minor importance, ...
This paper presents a brief summary on Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefit (CPPD), the single lar...
Women who live with an illness or impairment are an extremely marginalized and impoverished group of...
In early 2011, the Government of Ontario struck the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance t...
An analysis of social assistance programs for non-institutionalized disabled adults between 1984 and...
Persons living with episodic disabilities who apply for long-term income assistance in Ontario, Cana...
An analysis of social assistance programs for non-institutionalized disabled adults found inconsiste...
ABSTRACT Despite much effort put toward Canadian social policy renewal in the past decade, innovat...
Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario all maintain separate income-support programs for the disabled...
This paper is based on data received from the British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Incorrle A...
This paper will provide an overview of how requirements and unmet needs for disability-related aids,...
For many years, people with disabilities have been about two-thirds as likely as people without disa...
Policies are shaped by social values and assumptions, and can significantly impact the delivery of h...
There are many different indicators to measure the health of an economy. One of those measures is th...
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2020. There is a lack of empirical data on the experiences of pe...